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The Hoke County News—Established 1928
The Hoke County Journ#I:^Established 1905
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VOLUMELV.no. 35
THUBSDAt; JANUARY 19,1961
BAEFORD, N. C.
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By The Editor
It was saddening to read of the
death ot J- Walter Lambeth last
weeh. Many,'Will reniep^r that
he was the Eighth Di^tnct’s.Con*
gressman lor several terms in
the thirties. He was the first
man of such high office it was
my privilege to know, and was
a mighty tine one. His life had
not been ha^y in,recent years,
and he may have been relieved
to move^n.
Jte hiore meningitis has been
reported, to my knowledge, -^gnd
this would ju^t about elimina^
the possibility of another case
resulting from school or other
contacts with Cynthia Rowland.
The incubation period is general
ly from four to seven days, and
it has been about fourteen 'sinc'e
she* went to school
Friendships are generally
things one is distressed to see
broken, but the friendship be
tween Johiv Kennedy and George,
Meany which the wife services
reported was on the rocks is an
exception to that rule in my
book. As a matter of fact I con
sider it sort of in the nature of a
good omen, although I am not
particularly given to going signs,
portents,' omens or oracles . . .
I just shut my eyes, lo^r my
head and go, that is.
Thanks to Mrs. C. B. Spivey
(Eunice Baker) of Portsmouth,
Virginia, for a nice complimen
tary note about The News-Jour
nal fdong with her subscription
renewal. Thanks also to Mfs.
J. C. McLean for $10 for The
News-Journal Cemetery Fund,
and to Marion Lee Wade who
gave $10 to the Hoke Rural Fire
Department.
MacDonald, who grew up
along the bankk of the Big Rqck-
fish, wag IW airlntgres^g
bit of lore about it the other
day, but I believe I’ll let it keep
until next week. ... What do'you
thihk of “Macs along the Rock-
fish” for the name of our Jubilee
pageant? Send, us your sugges
tion, for I know the committee
win want as many as they can
to select the title from.
around....
....town
With Sam Morris
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Local Store Is
Robbed Sunday;
Arrest Is Made
'•f •»
Robert York Rogers, 46, a localV
colored man, escaped with some TJL..— ' I
$20 worth of hams in an early ^Ore / hOtl 4(J .
morning robbery at the A & P ConmittCi^S Are i
Tea Company here last Saturday J I
morning. Chief Stanton has stated oCltlg r OTmCa j
that Rogers entered the building ' * . j
some time between three and six General Chairman R. B. Lewis
in the morning by breaking the this- week announced further I
plate glass front of the store, progress in the building of the |
Damage to the plate glasjs win-' big organization of Hoke County '
j dow has been estimated at some people who will plan, arrange (
I $100. { and produce Hoke County’s Gol-,
] Rogers was_arrested within den Jubilee during the week of j
hours of his robbery when local May 14, and also announced more
j police, assined by a bloodhound, j meetings, to be held in complet-
which wai acquired from McCain,
backed Rogers to-4(is father!!
Governor To Attend
Jubilee Here In May
BEAVER AWARDS—Dr. Robert Mur-* Jr. for his outstanding worK for the
ray, Clyde Upchurch, Jr„ Mrs. Up- ^ youth of the Cape Fear Arei Council.
church, and Mrs. H. A. Cameron are
shown here after thr'^sentation of the
Silver Beaver Award to Clyde Upchurch^
The award was presented by (Dr. Mur
ray, a former recipient of 13ie Silver
Beaver Award.
Area Seoiiters Meet Honors
Lelwis Upchurch, Clyde, Jr.
Rome on south maxwell street,
where he was in hiding.
Officers Jones.and Proctor as
sisted Chief Stanton in making
the arrest at 8:40 a.m. when they
awakened the Negro from a
sleep which is believed to have
been induced by the cuts he re
ceived during his entrance inlo,- > There are tb be over 20(1 Hoke
Clyde Upchurch, Jr. was the
recipient of scouting’s highest
award to outstanding leaders last
Thursday evening when he re
ceived the coveted “Silver Bea
ver” Award at the annual meet
ing of the Cape Fear Area Coun
cil in Bladenboro.'
The award was presented dur
ing formal ceremonies by Dr.
Robert L. Murray, a fellow towns
man, ^t the annual meeting of the
Cape Fear Area Council in Bla
denboro.
The awards cerepiony Was pres-
He has been in charge of the
health program at Camp Tom
Upchurch and has been respon
sible for the health and sanita
tion of the camp since its foundn-
tion. He is a member of the
board for the Cape Fear Area
Council. ‘ •
athletic development of scouts
throughout- the council. It was
noted that he was a former Eagle
scout and he haS servad untir
ingly as .Activities Director for
the C!ape Fear Area Council It
was said of Mr. UP^hurch that
“whenever a trouble-shooter is
the A & P store. Chief Stanton
has'reported that the-thief receiv
ed cuts on both his - hands and
head.
The local police wete notified
at about 6 a.m. by an employee
at the A 4 P Co. who informed
them of the robbep. R. M. HiU
of McCain was notified immed
iately and the bloodhound was
sent to Raeford to aid In the
hunt for the colored fugitive;
Chief Stanton has stated that the
police were “fortunate that the
rain had not completely covered
the scent” before the blood
hound arrived. The arrest w.is
made possible, according to po
lice, because of the peculiar
The Raeford Fire Department
have taken oiter the upstairs
in the Town Hall and started
fixing up the place for a meet
ing place according to Harry A
Greene, fire chief. The place was
in need of minor remodeling
and a good paint job and the
work is heittg done by the fire
men. Tl^ also have acquired
furniture, appUances, curtains,
rugs, etq to make the place 1^0$
more li^e home. The firemen
hope to hpmplete the job in the
near futu^
Greene sa^ the department
w^d like to thank the follow
ing ^irms and individuals for the.
fufnishings and needed materials
furnished for the job: McLauch-
lin Company, W.ood Furniture
Company, W. L. Poole, Raeford
Lumber Company, Upchurch Mil
ling Company, Nivep Appliance
Company, Hoke Oil and Fertilizer
Company, Colliits Department
Store, Epstein’s Furniture Com-
- pany. Home Furniture Company,
Johnson C!otton Company, Carson
' Davis and Son, Ellr Restaurant,
Belk-Hensdale Company and Mrs.
.C. H. GUes.
The fire chief says they are
still in need of a kitched sink,
so if yon haVeVtoare one around
th^ house help wt the depart-
mmt. X®** can. never tell when
they may help you!
The State Highway patrolmen
stationed in Raeford are always
very cooperative about giving the
factk on incidents that occur dur
ing their tour o duty. They have
accident forms on which they
pkut all information concerning
the accii^t and occupants of
the vehi(M involved. This In
cludes maSq and model of car,
amount oi draages, how accident
happened, name, age, etc. of each
individual fli the vehicles. The
memory of Patrolman E. G. in-
man amazes me aach time 1 ask
him about an accident. Mom
day- he gave me information on
two accidents involving six peo
ple and three venicles. When you
can remembe rail three names,
age, race, injuries to the people
Continued On Page 6 I
ided over by R. E.
president of the executive cdunTi
cit of the Cape Fear Area, be
fore some two hundred scout
leaders and , guests, who filled
the Bladenboro High School Aud
itorium to capacity for the ban-1
.jgittet and the ceremonies which I
-fbtlpWed.
'i’ne Annual Recognition Ban-1
uep Program drew representa
tives from Bladen, Brunswick,
Columbus. Hoke, New Hanover, ,
Pender, Robeson and Scotland j
counties to attend the function i
which was dedicated to Lewis
Marvin Upchurch. The late Mr '
Upchurch was cited for “his un
tiring efforts on. behalf of the
success of scouting in the Cape
Dr. Murray, a. past winner of needed; this is the man tl^at is which the fugitive wore
According to police officials, the
toe of the fugitive’s shoe left an
indention in the earth'that was
unmistakable after the blood
hound was employed. Roberts
is reported to have been out of-
the honor himself, was asked to
present the Silver Beaver Award
to his friend Clyde Upchurch,
Jr. Mr. Upchurch was described
as an athlete and friend of scou-
ters who had distinguished him
self by his contribution to the
called on.”
Those attending the banquet
were Mrs. H. A. Cameron, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Upchorch, Jr.,
My. andr Mrs. Israel Mann, Dr.
and Mrs. R. L. Murray, and
members of the visiting press.
5 Wrecks^ In Wee
$1^700 In Dan lages
This highway patrgl-lms announ
ced that $17()() in property dam
age has resulted to vehicles dur
ing the last wMk as a result of
accidents on tpe highways of
Hoke. V
On Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 11:45
p.m., ’58 tractor-trailer operated
by William David Ray of Georgia
' overturned after leaving the
shoulder of the highway as he
was heading south on U. S. 401.
Ray, a white male resident of
Bloomingdale, Georgia is said
to have taken his hands qff the
ing has become a reality to many I steering wheel of the vehicl^ =^n,an.
boys; his enthusiastic work in and, “when he'looked back he
the -church and community, and was off the shoulder and ovejr-
fdr the. special niche for him in I turned.” Patrolman Herbin of
Fear Area Council; his service
which qualified him for the silver j
beaver award; his untiring eL*
fort to establish Camp Tom Up
church, wtfere since 1950 camp-
work for the past year.
lerbert Knox Is
New Weave Supt.
At Pacific Plant
ing">the organization. ?
Inc^orated as a -poh-profit
corporation un^ the name of
“Hoke County Gol|ra Jubilee,
Inc.,” the organization will con
sist of an executive committee,
four special committees, and sev
en divisions with from four to
nine committees operating in
each division.
County people serving on com
mittees in producing the Jubilee,
and countint( parades, the bik
spectacle cast, Brothers ‘ of the
Bush and other projects, close to
1,000 of-the county’s people will
have a part in the big produc
tion.
Diyision Heads Named
, Division chairmen have been
named by the general chairman,
and are now in the process of en
listing their coiffinittee chairmen
for an organization l^eeting to be
held in the county Ceurtroom on _
FrWay afternoon,. January 20. at I
° ni . . . , u Rousing, and transportation.
The Revenue Division is to he ’
headed by Harvey Warlick, and
will include committees on his-
GOVERNOR TERRY SA.NFORD
and will include committees on
scenario and title, cast proper
ties, construction .grounds, cos
tume and make-up and sound
system.
T. B. UpchunA and Jdhn F.
Campbell are co-oiairmen of the
publicity division, and will have
committees on press releases,
radio and TV, distribution, speak
ers and special projects.
The Hospitality Division is to
have K. A. MacDonald and Mrs.
Ralph Barnhart as co-chairmen.
Its committees are dignitaries
and guests, pioneers events, traf-
The Special Events Division
have Paul Dickson as chair
man, with committees on mer
chants promotions, historical win
dows, parades, music, and special
days.
Ckimmittee chairmen and most
committee members are to be
meetly in
ion Allen Barefoot, Jr., of Rt. 2.,
suffered abrasions. Barefoot re-,
ceived abrasions of the ankles
while Lovette . incurred lacera'^
tions of the wrist, ankle and left
knee.
f ■
;Robert Lee Thomas, colored of
Lumber Bridge, a passenger in
the vehicle driven by James _
Thomas, received lacerations of
the forehead and injury to his
neck as a reMHt of tke collision.
Thomas has been charged with
careless aK^ reckless driving ac
cording to Patrolman E. G. In-
our hearts which remains in our
memory.” Mr. McCoy concluded
with a significant quotation by
K. Gibran: “He gave much and
knew not that he gave at all”
The awards ceremony, which
was the outstanding portion of
the program, was dramatized by
the diming ^f houselights and the
use of spotlights for the nar
rative tributes to winners of the
Silver Beaver Award. Dr. Robert
Murray was given tribute as “a
dedicated worker for the health
and safety qf scouters through
out the Cape Fear Area Uouncil.
the North Carolina Highway Pa
troj^as reported that no charges
habeen made.
.On Saturday at 5:30 p.m., Colin
Lovette, white, was opegating a
1955 Plymouth two miles east of
Raeford on the Rockfish Road,
while attempting‘to make a left
turn into a private drive. He was
overtaken by a 1956 Chevrolet
driven by James Willie Thomas
of Rt. 6 in Fayetteville and while
Lovette was attempting to pass,
he struck the Plymouth on its
left side of the vehicle.
Lovette and his white compan-
Another vehicle injury occur
red on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
when a 1959 Oldsmobile station
wagon overturned near Raeford
as it was traveling on N. C. 211,
five miles east of town. Henry
Stewart, of Whiteville, a 60-yeyr-
old colored male of Whitevule
was traveling west , in the rain
'when the overturn occurred.
According to the highway pa
trol “he started sliding and
applied the brakes and overturn
ed on the right side of the road.”
Approximately $1,000 in damages
resulted from the accident. Ste
wart is reported to have received
serious head lacerations as a re-
ContinucTd On Page 6
Sam Homewood, manager of
the Raeford Worsted Plant, has
announced that Herbert Knox- a
native of Abbeyille County, South
Carolina has been appointed as
superintendent of weaving at the
local mill. Mr. Knox’s transfer to
Pacific Mills will be effective on
Feb. 1.
Mr Knox is a graduate of
Clemso’n College with aB. S.
in textile engineering. A mem
ber of the Presbyterian Church
in Tifton, Ga., he is married to
the former ‘Mary Anne Torbett of
Bristol, Tennessee. Thev Knox
family, which includes three
children, is expected 'to ipake its
home in Raeford.
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tMNi^ A ^orro«r..
«
toj'ical program, novelties, con
cessions and the Jubilee ball.'
The Participation Division is
headed by Mayor Alfred Cole and
Mrs. Sam Homewood as co-chair-
I worked out Jt the
Juuilte men’s hats tiid
ties, ladies irndboDnets and dress
es, proinenkde and caravan, and
kangaroo court.
The Spectacle Ticket Division
is to be headed by T. B. Lester
as chairman, with committees on
tickets, advance sajes, patrons
tickets, cashiers and gates, and
audience areas.
The SpeMacle Division udlL
have Coi^Ujn tSuperintendelit W.
T. Gibson, Jr., as its chairman,
**Covern6f^t Day^
Parade, Pdgeant,
Planned For May IS
Governor Terry Sanford this
SGci^ted Uok^-^unty’s ife-
vitition to appear xt^^
Cou^^Goldeit Jubilee to m held
here during the .week of May
14, with the tentative date
“(jovernor^s Day” being sef »
Monday^ May 15.
The exact schedule for Govs^
nor’s. bsy -is still to be worked
out by a comimitee with the help
of a professional representative
of the John B. Rodgers Produo
mpany-of Fostoria, Ofaii^
o is to be-in Raeford workinf
on the initial organiza^
Jubilee next week.
Governor Sanfor^
with Coonty Demd
man Sam Moirie before leaving for
the Presidential Inauguration in
Was'hington this week, said that
he would promiM to attend the
Jubilee on Moihdky wbject to d»
mands on his tidfk'by legislative
and Sta$e matters in the event
the General Assembly is still in
session. He said he would make
a firm promise as to date as the
week of the JubUee got a little
doser, but that he would certain
ly be here for one day of the
celebration.
Tentative plMs for (Jovemor’s
Day inclu^^^tegistration of pio*
neers andTOTiner residents, view^
in%-of historical “then and now*
, .win^w displays in stores, the
huA Jubilee parade with bands
float^and marching units from
the area, a reception and dinner
for the Ck>vemor and honor
guests, the crowing of the JubO-
le (Jueen by the Gevemor, and
the Premier perfwmance of
Hoke County JubilM .Spectacle
in Armory-Parit '' » ^
After a long dry spell on g^-
emors appearing in Hoke Coon
ty, Sanford’s appearance will be
the second in as many year*, as
Governor Luther Hodges appenr-
CBOSSWELLS TO MOVE
The Rev. and Mrs. Gower
Crosswell are scheduled to move
today to Winstcm-Salem where he  ed before a joint church men’s
is to become ^stor of the Lee > meeting here last y^ar. Gover-'
Memorial Presbyterian Church. | nor Sanford was in Hoke a time
Mr. Crosswell has been pastor of i or two during his primary cam-
Xntioch Presha-terian Church for paigns for governor. A native of
nine years, ana submitted his re- ‘ Scotland County and a resident
signation to tnc session there in' of Fayetteville, he is personally
late November. known to many^oke people.
$3000, Bond Is S^t By
Judge In. Wreck Case
IT’S MINE!—Guin shows that he. is de- (1 to r) Kirkley (20), Guin, McGee (14)
.termined to keep the ball as the Bucks Phillips, Chappel (17), Willard (10) Mc-
defeated Rockingham at the Hoke High Phaul (42), and Upchurch (32)
Gym Friday night. Pictured above are , >
Both Hoke Teams
Beat Rock>""ham
? ^«mes Fridair^
Evans McNeill and Ann Gatlin
each scored 16 points to over
come the girls from Rockingham
here last Friday night and lead
the Raeford squad to a 43-35 vic
tory over the “out of towners”
in a game which was never clos
ely contested. The Hoke High
Does dutscored their opponents
by a margin of eight points as
they overcame thp Rockingham
sextette Connie C!ulbreth and
Mary Canady contributed six and
five points each for the winners.
Guards Ann Livingston, Shirley
Johnson and Pam Loftus braced
the attack with their defensive
work as guards.
The Hoke High Bucks outwait-
ed the Rockingham Rockets in
I slow first quarter of play, gain
ed a scoring edge and breezed
to a 52-32 victory over the Rock
ingham five in the second game
of the evening.
A Ft. Bragg soldier, charged
with manslaughter in connection
with a fatal accident here last
month, was placed under $3,0(X>
bond by Judge Harry A. Greene
in Reeprder’s Court Tuesday. He
i» ex]])kted 4o be tried at the
next term of Superior . Court,
which be^ns January 30.
Sp4 Robert. Weldon Young,
driver at thh vehicle which took
the life of Stewart B. Peters,
here on Dec. 7- when Young, who
was headed north on Highway
401 at the bridge near the Hoke
County line, swerved into the
path of the south-bound' sports
car in which Peters- was riding.
Officer J. E; Dupree testified
that the crash occured in the
south-bound lane after Yoiing ap
parently swerved over the .center
line. Both cars were demolished
and wreckage littered the whole
area.
Peters, a resident of Chicago,
Illinois, was pronounced dead at
the scene of the crash, sometime
after 2:30 a.m.
Young,.was charged with man
slaughter, ' dri^g drunk . and
reckless driving. He pleaded not
guilty through counsel to all
charges. He was foun# guilty of
driving dnmk and reckleis driv--
Ing. He was sentenced to 12
months on the roads suspended
Coach Floyd Wilson’s cagers “P®® payn^nt of $150 fine &
showed the drive and detemin-1 He filed notice of appeal
Btion,which is.characteristic of a i Probable cause was found in the
Well-coached club and overcame manslaughter charge and bond
was set on aO charges at $3W0l'-
Robert Rogera, colored
the AU>
the befuddled and taller team
from Rockingham.
The Rockets played a posses-, male 'who
Bon-t>'pe of gaaM until their
glim initial lead forced the con
test into a type of play that Was
often erratic.
Larry Upchurch, a 18 point con-
tributer. paced the Bucks who
Krapped their way to a twenty
point margin of victoiy.'Upcharch
was closely followed by Jum^-
Tee Co last
was given 12 monthk on the rowd
far his theft of meat from the
store. Rogers hes filed hia notice
of appeal to (3erk el'Crurt, U.
D. Yates.* Bond for ttw aUeged
thief has been set at $2,000.
Smith,
tence from the judge upon the Rt. 1, colored, t^lead guiltr
payment of $125 and costs., | failing to stop fhr a red Hi
William Luther Parker- white, j* resulting in an accid^t. -A ja
of Rt. 2, St. Pauls who .was charg-1 ment of 60 days On the (W
ed with permitting a^d allowing has been suspended on the |
another to operate his vehicle
under the influence, has receiv
ed a suW'month sentei
hgs been ^spendel uMn payment
of $100 and costs. Bwker has ap
pealed to Wperiqr^court and has
had kis bonX fixed at $100.
Other cases handled by the
c^fot .include the following:
Rufus McRae, colored, Rae
ford, was charged with assault
ing one William Wade, who is
ment of $10 and coats.
John Allen Smith, colored, Kt
, plead guilty to driving on ttm
wrong side of , the road. Wit
judgment was suspended oa the
payment of’costs. '
Ben Harris. Sr., colored. Qam-
berland County, charged with am
^ult. Harris iS alleged to in|^
hit ^ wife in the Head with a'*
bowl He. plead guSty. A stz
months road sentence has beat
alleged/to have received knife , suspended upon the payment nf
wounds about the face and cheek
A judgment of six months on the
roads has Wen suspended on the
paymrat of $75 and costs. Doc
tor bids will be paid from the
|75 which has been given as a
fine. ' -
Molon Harris, 42, colored of
Raeford, charged with' simple
trespass, jndgment suspended on
payment ^ $10 and costs.
James Fredrick Handon,
charged with larceny of merchan
dise valued at $17, received a
judgment of 60 daj-s on the road
which was suspended on pay
ment of $10 and cdsts.
$25 and costs. Harris Ws keen
cautioned to stay out of Hoke
County fox 12 months. ,
Gerk of Court, M. H. Tates,
has announced that $165 in bond
forfeitures were collected dum
ing the last tern of court Thn
forfeitures included 14 bonds at
$20, one at $25 and one at
The $40 bond forfeiture
lected from Richard
Kimson. of Detroit Michigan^
who has been charged wflft
speeding 75 in a 60 mile xoml
Cmnt adjonmed at 5 pjB.
Daniel Sampson W^ord. Jr. | boKE-RAIFORD P. T. A.
white, of Fayetteville, charged
with diifiag on-the wrong side
of the read and becoming invol
ved in a coHisidn, He pleaded
guilty and judgeaaeiit was s|is-
peadW CIL payment cd the costs.
Dorothg Lm Leslie, colored,
Raeford Md Jaaaes Albert Over-
cash, ifMIe, both of Reafaid.
plead guHtr la dhruig 6 It a
Sp mile sene. Jud^ent te-kelk
was siumaded upon paymteg «d
$75 and costs.
Merrill,Cox, white, Sfeannoo.
was charged wHh tievaadne, to
which he plead not guilty. The
state has taken a nel pres with
Emmett C Smith, Jr^ white,
, ef Raeford also received a ver- ] leave on Ae coodiUon that 0>x
Guiii Who threw-in fifteen points diet of gpilty from the .court for stays out of the county fog two
ill tlie attack.- Bill McPhaul a driving -under the influence .A years and pays costs of court.
Continued On Page 6 | disrcgardli^ a stop sign, sen- j Rohert Junior Melvin. Raeford. i
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HOLDS MEETING MONDAY
The Hok'e-Raefotd peree^
Teacher Assocation a^t Mondl#
night at 7:30 at tlwR^icd B-
ementaiy School The pnastadL
Mrs, Mathacty. preadad-
A p^I made iip af paientA
.teochm and MadPids dMenmai
the ioaportanot ed helMciiR M
the P. Y. A. ami paiMad eel waps
it can beaeMI • Ikn
en^^LmgdM, IMn
Mn. MatherN, ttrdi Hate
John MaeuaL MMtte Vek^
I Dewey
W. Caaadny,
Huggins.